From: paul at prescod.net (Paul Prescod) Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 20:04:00 GMT Subject: Python IS slow ! [was] Re: Python too slow for real world References: <613145F79272D211914B0020AFF6401914DAD8@gandalf.digicool.com> Message-ID: <372769B0.3CE8C0F3@prescod.net> X-UID: 390 William Tanksley wrote: > > And Oberon (SlimBinaries), and Eiffel (typing and general compile-time > error catching), and ... Actually, isn't Eiffel's type system famous for being full of holes? Regardless, wouldn't a better source of inspiration on typing be a language with *optional* compile-time error checking? -- Paul Prescod - ISOGEN Consulting Engineer speaking for only himself http://itrc.uwaterloo.ca/~papresco "Microsoft spokesman Ian Hatton admits that the Linux system would have performed better had it been tuned." "Future press releases on the issue will clearly state that the research was sponsored by Microsoft." http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/enterprise/1999/9904221410.asp